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DYING Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/tag/dying/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 20:56:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://i0.wp.com/cindydeboer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cindydeboericon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 DYING Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/tag/dying/ 32 32 184530663 Leaky Breasts and Other Hot Messes https://cindydeboer.com/2023/04/13/leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes https://cindydeboer.com/2023/04/13/leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2023 20:56:02 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4332 Recently, while at work at the psychiatric hospital, I caught a glimpse of myself in a patient’s bathroom mirror and noticed a large wet spot on my t-shirt just below my left breast. It was an odd location for a spill, but I chalked it up to my clumsiness and threw on a hoodie to […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2023/04/13/leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes/feed/ 2 4332 Same Kind of Wounds as Me https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=same-kind-of-wounds-as-me https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:07:13 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4302 I noticed her and those tell-tale marks on her face from far across the room. At the first break of our writer’s conference, I ran over to her, breathless with anticipation. “Hey, I don’t mean to be weird or anything, but I notice that you have nasal cannula indentations on your cheeks, and I know […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/feed/ 20 4302 Thanksgiving Eve Sucks https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thanksgiving-eve-sucks https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:34:08 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4245 Sometimes holidays conjure up more pain and despair than joy and celebration. That’s true for me, anyway, on the day before Thanksgiving. It was 2013 and with the table set, the turkey stuffed, and pies complete, my husband and I spent the day before Thanksgiving driving to Ann Arbor to meet with a pulmonology specialist. […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/feed/ 33 4245 Old Is The New Hot https://cindydeboer.com/2021/09/17/old-is-the-new-hot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=old-is-the-new-hot https://cindydeboer.com/2021/09/17/old-is-the-new-hot/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2021 01:37:43 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4214 In this culture where beauty, youth, and tight buttocks are valued more than oceanfront property and where ageism has moved from theory to fact, it is no wonder we fight aging with the tenacity of an NFL middle linebacker. Our culture tells us our best years are behind us once we hit 50 and we […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2021/09/17/old-is-the-new-hot/feed/ 35 4214 Lessons from the brain dead https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lessons-from-the-brain-dead https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/#comments Thu, 18 Jul 2019 19:19:10 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1464 I was absent from one of the most transformative events in my life. It happened to my husband while in Guatemala but left an indelible print on me and I’ve never been the same since. Back in the day when we believed visiting Guatemala regularly would bring lasting change to the country, we often included […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/feed/ 14 1464 Six Critical Life Lessons Learned from a Hacker https://cindydeboer.com/2019/05/09/six-critical-life-lessons-learned-from-a-hacker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=six-critical-life-lessons-learned-from-a-hacker https://cindydeboer.com/2019/05/09/six-critical-life-lessons-learned-from-a-hacker/#comments Thu, 09 May 2019 16:53:34 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1176 I was furiously typing away – hoping to complete another chapter of my book in the two hours I’d managed to wrangle free. Suddenly, a warning popped up on my screen, “CAUTION! You have a virus attacking your computer! Stop immediately and call Apple: 555-5555” (the title of this blog should let you know why […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/05/09/six-critical-life-lessons-learned-from-a-hacker/feed/ 5 1176 On Dying Slowly https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/25/on-dying-slowly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-dying-slowly https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/25/on-dying-slowly/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:44:28 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1146 One of the lowest, crappiest things well-intentioned people say to you when they find out you have a terminal illness is this: “Well, you know, we’re all dying really.” Of course we are. Nobody believes these bodies will last forever. But sometimes it just stinks to be me because someone gave me a TIME LINE. […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/25/on-dying-slowly/feed/ 12 1146 The Worst Houseguest Ever (and how to get rid of her) https://cindydeboer.com/2019/03/14/the-worst-houseguest-ever-and-how-to-get-rid-of-her/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-worst-houseguest-ever-and-how-to-get-rid-of-her https://cindydeboer.com/2019/03/14/the-worst-houseguest-ever-and-how-to-get-rid-of-her/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2019 18:19:26 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1024 We’ve had the worst houseguest all winter. In fact, I’ve never despised anyone more. It’s bad enough she showed up unannounced – but now she hangs out in the WORST possible places, and REFUSES to leave! I’ve been downright rude to her and I’m always telling everyone how much I hate her, even when she […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/03/14/the-worst-houseguest-ever-and-how-to-get-rid-of-her/feed/ 11 1024 A Lament for Heidi https://cindydeboer.com/2018/01/08/the-smell-of-death-a-lament-for-heidi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-smell-of-death-a-lament-for-heidi https://cindydeboer.com/2018/01/08/the-smell-of-death-a-lament-for-heidi/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:20:58 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=783 After a long 24 hour bedside vigil, I was finally able to come home, change my clothes and shower. But it’s not over. I’ll go back to her bedside shortly, and breathe in her precious smell until she smells like heaven. I know how this goes. My youngest sister will be the fourth beloved, precious […]

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